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<node id="997788" title="Re^2: I just want to understand why ..." created="2012-10-08 05:15:34" updated="2012-10-08 05:15:34">
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Athanasius</author>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;No autovivification.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Huh?&lt;/p&gt;

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18:58 &gt;perl -w -Mstrict -MData::Dumper -E "my $foo; say Dumper($foo); if (exists $foo-&gt;{bar}{anything}{you}{want} ) { say 'hi' } say Dumper($foo);"
$VAR1 = undef;

$VAR1 = {
          'bar' =&gt; {
                     'anything' =&gt; {
                                     'you' =&gt; {}
                                   }
                   }
        };


19:00 &gt;
&lt;/code&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Looks like 3 levels of autovivification to me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;???&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update:&lt;/b&gt; See below.&lt;/p&gt;

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